The Eastside Memorial High School Panther Health and Wellness Team has joined with the Springdale-Airport Neighborhood Association (SANA) to adopt Govalle Park, with the aim of making it a more attractive outdoor activity spot for students and the surrounding communities.

There will be a workday on Saturday, April 14, from 9:00 to 12:00 AM. Volunteers are needed to repaint picnic tables, mulch trees, and pick up litter. Snacks provided. Come one, come all.

After a winter break we are looking forward to getting our meeting going again. Our current agenda is:

Danielle Murray of A/E will be giving us our 1st. Presentation up date on the La Loma Solar Panel Project

Then 2nd Art in Public Places – Amy Scofield and Anna Bradley will be presenting on the Govalle Park pool they will be involving those SANA community members that show up.

We will have it at our regular location on Tuesday, February 27th at Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center at 6:30pm and will be streaming live through Facebook. If you have any question please don’t hesitate to contact us!

We will be showing the meeting live on facebook if anyone wants to join us from home. If you know of anyone that would like to participate and needs a call in number. Please let us know at springdaleairport@gmail.com

Please join us for our rescheduled meeting with Hog Pen NA and Springdale-Airport NA to discuss topics that affect our area. All surround NAs are welcome as we will have topics that can benefit the general area. We can achieve great things if we unite our voices.

Here is the current agenda:

1. Red Bluff Preserve (Pete/Ali)
2. Mark Walter with the Planning Zoning Department will give us an overview on:
· What a Neighborhood plans is (history, status of plans, etc.)
· Provide an overview of what is a Plan Amendment.
· Cover the Plan Amendment process
· Discuss how and when concerned residents and property owners can plug into the process
· Brief Q & A.
3. Springdale Park – Connecting the SANA and HPNA areas with City owned right of ways and Springdale Park access for both (Susan, Larry, Hunter, Duncan)
· Macus Primm with the City of Austin’s Neighborhood Partnership Program will be present to provide information on ways we can apply for to the program.
4. Equity through Connectivity (Hike and Bike and more) – Pinaki Ghosh, EMLK Contact Team

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 26th from 6:30 – 8:00pm at the Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center located at 608 Gonzales St. Facebook live will be available at our SANA page. If you know if anyone that needs a call-in option please let us know and we are happy to provide them with a call in number.

Last October we drafted a letter of opposition for this development due to several factors that negatively affected our neighbors. As a Neighborhood Association, we intend to send this letter to the permit manager, Don Perryman (don.perryman@austintexas.gov). We encourage everyone who would like to see a better plan proposed by MX3 to share their personal opposition (or support, if that is your opinion) for this project. You can see the full FORMAL SUBMITTAL here. Also, follow the progress at the CASE LINK (C8-2017-063757) here.

Letter of opposition LINKED HERE. You can copy and paste it into an email or print and sign.

Our President, Pete Rivera, along with the fine folks of ATX Environmental Justice, the Sierra Club, the National Parks Service and a slew of other advocates are working hard to preserve the area of Red Bluff. We would ask that you please join us this Saturday, March 25th at 2:00 pm at the Eastview Austin Community College, Room 9313 to show your support. There is a map below for exact location.

As always, thank you for you continued support and we look forward to sharing an update on this shortly!

We have a great news! A generous anonymous donor has given $500 to our organization for the Govalle Pool Project. They have requested that the money go toward creating a piece of art as a mural that will reflect the neighborhood. We will be working with the City of Austin project managers to make sure that this can still be incorporated into their final design.

One important thing to keep in mind is that we will need your help! We want to make sure that it will reflect the history of the the area and that it comes from the residents. Please send us ideas. Something with a permanent feel that has some heart. Such as an elementary school art project, local materials, mosaic art, etc . We are very grateful that they thought of us and we hope to make them proud. Neighbors, get your thinking caps on. Spring is here, so let those ideas bloom!

We have some exciting news for our upcoming meeting. The folks behind Kingsbery Community Solar Project will be joining us to talk about what is planned for the project.

Austin Energy has an exclusive, early sign-up offer for residents in the 78721 zip code area. You can subscribe to Community Solar and meet 100% of your energy needs with solar energy supplied from the Kingsbery Community Solar Project, located northeast of Airport Blvd & Springdale Rd, without needing to install solar panels at your own home. Starting in May, subscribers will see a Community Solar Adjustment (CSA) on their bill instead of the standard Power Supply Adjustment (PSA).

As an added benefit, the first 35 Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers in the 78721 area to sign up can receive Community Solar at a reduced rate plus receive free energy efficiency improvements! Not sure if you’re a CAP customer? Come to our meeting to find out more details. You can also email communitysolar@austinenergy.com or call 512-482- 5346 to find out.

We will be posting more information on telephone/video conferencing in as well as additional materials here.